Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-07


accurate and extensive information
which the Major conveys in it to the
people of the East will have powerful
tendency to advance the wine interests
of this locality in the great populous
centers of the Union. We have only
room to-day to reproduce portion Of
his very interesting letter-that which
especially relates to
THE LOS ANGELES VINEYARDS.
Los Angeles County, long the leading
county in the production and exporta-
tion of all kinds of wines, and now the
leading one in the production of what
are known as sweet wines and etlll a
close second to either Napa or Sonoma
county in its production and sale of red
and white wines. leads off in an area of
q, ,OO5 acres of wine making grapes,
from which nearly five millions of
gallons of brandy and wine were
made in 1886. The first California
wines known in the East were from Los
Angeles county, and some choice varie-
ties made from thirty.year.old vines
found their way into Eastern cellars
thirty years ago, as there are q number
of vineyards in the county known to be
from seventy to eighty years old, and
which are still in excellent bear.
ing order. There are about $500
acres of vines from five to
fifiy years old, 5000 acres OF four-year-
oids, 5000 acres of three-year-olds, $500
acres of two-year.old vines, and zoos
acres of one-year-olds. There arc also
270O acres of table grapes, and 1000
acres of grapes used for making raisins-
%, ,7O5 acres of grapevines in all. Los
Angeles ccunty contains about 4Sl2
square miles, or 3,OS0,000 acres. A
great deal of this land is watered from
three rivers, and lies between the Coast
Range and the Pacific Ocean, and is
mainly devoted to vineyards and the
production of citrus and other fruits.
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Is 4S2 miles by rail from San Francisco.
1t contains about So, 600 inhabitants, and
has one of the most delightful and
eauable temperatures in the world, and
has already been visited by 10000 vale
| tudinarians since the lst of December
last. Besides its superior climate and
prodigality of soil, and its railroads run.
ming in nine or ten directions and good
steamship service to and from San Fran
cisco, the city has a public library,
Board of Trade, eight banks,
twenty churches, one fine opera
house, and one or two thea
tsrs, a great number of institutions
of learning. four eight page daily news
papers, twenty.nine miles of street and
cable roads, and many other evidences of
prosperity and civilization. 1t is lighted
by both gas and electricity, and has q
splendid water system, good paid Fire
Department and efficient police. In and
about this pretty city are the thousands
of acres of grapevines have enumerated
above, aHd great many wineries, some
Of which are as complete and extensive
as the most perfect ones in Europe. Of
course, l did not visit all of these vine.
yards and wineries, but made the rounds
Of some of the leading and most inn
portant ones.
| NOTABLE VINEYARDS.
Among the oldest and best known
vineyards in the city is the Beaudry
vineyard, which has vines twenty, thirty
and forty years old. Mr.. Beaudry has
an immense winery, ana some fine old
red and white wines in hardwood tanks,
which have never been put on the
market. Kohler & Froehling, who
make great deal of light red and white
wine on their vineyards in Napa and
Sonoma counties, have large
vineyard here, upon which they
make their ports and sherries and
burgundies and brandies. The Keller
vineyard is a well.known one, and
has turned out hundreds of thousands of
gallons of dry and sweet wines. There
are great many others, too numerous
to mention. The largest vineyard in the
State, next to Senator Stanford's, in Te.
hama county (which is the largest in the
world, is the Nadeau vineyard, which
covers an area of over 1000 acres. 1t is
three or four years old, and lies between
this city and Anaheim. The first years
yield of this immense vineyard was sent
to the still and turned out 45, 900 gallons
of brandy, which Mr.. Nadeau ware
housed and then paid the government
$40, 500.
| THE SAN GABRIEL VINEYARDS.
The three next largest vineyards are at
and near San Gabriel, from ten to fifteen
miles from Los Angeles, and are owned
respectively by Lucky Baldwin, who
has upward of thousand acres in Mis-
sion and other vines; Stern & Rese,
Sunny Slope Vineyard), ..over 1000 acres
of many varieties; J. De Barth Shord,
(San Gabriel Wine Company, about
1850 acres of Missions, Zinfandels,
Mataros, Burgers, and other varieties.
These parties have as costly
and extensive wineries as may OF
the leading producers in France,
and make and age most all
kinds of dry and sweet wines and bran.
dies. These three winemakers have
European experts in all the different
branches, including "cellar-keepers, u
and their wineries are like parlors, while
the processes of picking, crushing, fer.
menting, blending, and aging are as per-
feet as it seems possible to make them.
Nv, o these men all have houses in New
York, and so do Kohler & Froehling, and
nothing is sent there by them but wines
and brandies that are absolutely pure
and can be depended upon. This make
known for the benefit of your readers
who may have been deceived in SO.
called California wines.